Dzenita Muratovic1, David M Findlay2, Flavia M Cicuttini3, Anita E Wluka4, Yea-Rin Lee5, Julia S Kuliwaba6. 1. Discipline of Orthopaedics and Trauma, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Bone and Joint Research Laboratory, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia. Electronic address: dzenita.muratovic@adelaide.edu.au. 2. Discipline of Orthopaedics and Trauma, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. Electronic address: david.findlay@adelaide.edu.au. 3. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: flavia.cicuttini@monash.edu. 4. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: anita.wluka@monash.edu. 5. Discipline of Orthopaedics and Trauma, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Bone and Joint Research Laboratory, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia. Electronic address: olivia.lee@sa.gov.au. 6. Discipline of Orthopaedics and Trauma, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Bone and Joint Research Laboratory, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia. Electronic address: julia.kuliwaba@adelaide.edu.au.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Bone marrow lesions (BMLs) in the subchondral bone in osteoarthritis (OA) are suggested to be multifactorial, although the pathogenic mechanisms are unknown. Bone metabolism and cardiovascular risk factors associate with BML in epidemiologic studies. However, there are no studies at the tissue level investigating the relationship between these processes and BML. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between BMLs in the tibial plateau (TP) of knee OA and bone matrix microdamage, osteocyte density and vascular changes. METHODS: TP were obtained from 73 patients at total knee replacement surgery and BMLs were identified ex vivo in TP tissue using MRI. Comparator 'No BML' tissue was from matched anatomical sites to the BMLs. Quantitative assessment was made of subchondral bone microdamage, bone resorption indices, osteocyte cellularity, and vascular features. RESULTS: Several key parameters were different between BML and No BML tissue. These included increased microcrack burden (p = .01, p = .0001), which associated positively with bone resorption and negatively with cartilage volume, and greater osteocyte numerical density (p = .02, p = .01), in the subchondral bone plate and subchondral trabeculae, respectively. The marrow tissue within BML zones contained increased arteriolar density (p = .04, p = .0006), and altered vascular characteristics, in particular increased wall thickness (p = .007) and wall:lumen ratio (wall thickness over internal lumen area) (p = .001), compared with No BML bone. CONCLUSIONS: Increased bone matrix microdamage and altered vasculature in the subchondral bone of BMLs is consistent with overloading and vascular contributions to the formation of these lesions. Given the important role of BMLs in knee OA, these contributing factors offer potential targets for the treatment and prevention of knee OA. Crown
INTRODUCTION:Bone marrow lesions (BMLs) in the subchondral bone in osteoarthritis (OA) are suggested to be multifactorial, although the pathogenic mechanisms are unknown. Bone metabolism and cardiovascular risk factors associate with BML in epidemiologic studies. However, there are no studies at the tissue level investigating the relationship between these processes and BML. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between BMLs in the tibial plateau (TP) of knee OA and bone matrix microdamage, osteocyte density and vascular changes. METHODS: TP were obtained from 73 patients at total knee replacement surgery and BMLs were identified ex vivo in TP tissue using MRI. Comparator 'No BML' tissue was from matched anatomical sites to the BMLs. Quantitative assessment was made of subchondral bone microdamage, bone resorption indices, osteocyte cellularity, and vascular features. RESULTS: Several key parameters were different between BML and No BML tissue. These included increased microcrack burden (p = .01, p = .0001), which associated positively with bone resorption and negatively with cartilage volume, and greater osteocyte numerical density (p = .02, p = .01), in the subchondral bone plate and subchondral trabeculae, respectively. The marrow tissue within BML zones contained increased arteriolar density (p = .04, p = .0006), and altered vascular characteristics, in particular increased wall thickness (p = .007) and wall:lumen ratio (wall thickness over internal lumen area) (p = .001), compared with No BML bone. CONCLUSIONS: Increased bone matrix microdamage and altered vasculature in the subchondral bone of BMLs is consistent with overloading and vascular contributions to the formation of these lesions. Given the important role of BMLs in knee OA, these contributing factors offer potential targets for the treatment and prevention of knee OA. Crown
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